The Australian Jersey Journal July 2011

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Volume 64 No. 4 — JUNE/JULY 2011 Developing & Promoting the Jersey Breed

JERSEY AUSTRALIA BOARD MEMBERS PRESIDENT: Trevor Saunders 495 Araluen Rd, Yarragon 3823 Telephone: (03) 5626 6373 saunders-day@dcsi.net.au VICE PRESIDENT: Milton Johnston 118 Edinburgh Drive, Taree, NSW 2430 Telephone: (02) 6552 5915 SECRETARY: Scott Joynson PO Box 292, Ascot Vale,Vic 3032 Telephone: (03) 9370 9105 jersey@jersey.com.au HON.TREASURER: Peter Ness PO Box 93, Mt Compass, SA 5210 Telephone: (08) 8556 8270 nyowee@activ8.net.au Don Fry Mitchell Rd, Benger, WA Telephone: (08) 9726 9226 katandrapark@bigpond.com Geoff Heazlewood PO Box 87 Latrobe Tas 7307 Telephone: (03) 6426 1169 Chris MacKenzie 859 Cooriemungle Rd Timboon Vic 3268 Telephone: (03)559 87222 jireh859@aussiebroadband.com.au Troy Mauger The Willows Willawa Rd Jerilderie NSW 2716 Telephone: (03) 5885 9294 tmmauger1@bigpond.com.au Rohan Sprunt 235 Kaarimba Hall Rd Kaarimba Vic 3635 Telephone: (03)5826 9506 kaarmona@bigpond.com Lisa Broad 388 Johnson Rd Lockington Vic 3563 Telephone: (03) 5486 2624 lisa.broad@bigpond.com.au AJBS Website: www.jersey.com.au

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World Wide Sires Celebrating 40 years of high impact Jersey Sires! sales@wwsaustralia.com.au www.wwsaustralia.com.au Ph:(02)60 259 522 Fax:(02)60 259 544

CONTENTS 2011 Sydney Royal Results Agrigene Highlights Attaview Jerseys Beautizone Cattle Club CDJBC Field Day Congratulations Five ET Sisters Genomics GMJBC Calf Show Great Aussie Cow Families Gympie District Regional Show

26 14 23 14 20 19 6 5 19 8 30

Jersey Aust NSW AGM Kaarmona Sale Misty Mountain Jerseys New Classification Coordinator Northern Lights Sale Office Matters Ranleigh Jerseys Sunnycrest Sale Toowoomba Show Results World Wide Sires

11 25 10 21 25 28 7 25 32 3

Lerida Park NDJBC Northern Lights Thanks Rivendell/Brunchilli Jerseys Royal Melbourne Show RASV Semex - Repromax Windy Ways

2 13 24 18 IBC BC 2

ADVERTISERS INDEX ABS Aust Premier Jersey Sires IFC Adadale Jerseys 29 Agrigene Sandblast 15 Craiglea Jerseys 16 Carcoola Jerseys 4 Inspire Jerseys 28 Jersey Australia - Pre Press Editor 2 Kaarmona 17

AMENDMENT TO TOP CLASSIFIED COWS Apologies to Steve Salway for omitting these animals in the list printed in the April/May Journal.

HBOOK 596215 596218

ANIMAL NAME MEMBER SIRE PTS GLENCRAIG BF MISTLETOE 4703 SALWAY, SC GLENCRAIG BROOKFERN 91 EXC GLENCRAIG GOLDEN FERNLEAF 2 SALWAY, SC 7J510 92 EXC

Editorial & Advertising to: Scott Joynson PO Box 292, Ascot Vale VICTORIA 3032 Ph. (03) 9370 9105 Fax. (03) 9370 9116 Email: jersey@jersey.com.au

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~LERIDA PARK JERSEYS~ Lerida Park Jerseys have for sale 2 year old AI bred heifers.

Preg tested to calve mid June onwards.

DAMS AVG PRODUCTION 7750 Ltrs 292 prt 400 fat 302 days Platinum Herd Award - JD Score 9

Please Phone Rhys 03 5598 8157 Bruce 03 5598 8126

JERSEY JOURNAL PRE-PRESS EDITOR The Jersey Australia Board of Management is calling for expressions of interest from an individual(s) or organisation who could provide pre-press editor support for the Jersey Journal. Our magazine is published bi-monthly and is circulated in hardcopy to 700 herds nationally and downloaded in its electronic format 1500 times monthly to Jersey enthusiasts in 36 countries around the world.

For more information please call Scott Joynson (03) 9370 9105 or email jersey@jersey.com.au

Windy Ways Jerseys Phone 5859 0532 Mobile 0418 576 856 Email frankwalsh3@bigpond.com

SENIOR MATRON IN HERD

Sooner Gem HC+ age 14 years with a vessel still firmly attached will reclassify this Autumn.

Top Production 9515L 425f 333P 102PI Daughter Fan Gem VHC 91 placed 10th at IDW 2010 5yr Class Top Lac @2yr 7043L 371F 254P PI107 Gelbeado Park Signature Belle Ex 90 3yr 1st Lactation 8774Lt 337 Fat 298 Pr 317 Days PI 122 9th S3 IDW 2011 Windy Ways Signature Dawn 88pts 2yr 1st Lactation 5599L 237F 191P 212 Days continuing PI 133 3rd 2yr Youth Show IDW 2011 will exceed 7500L as 2yr old All enquiries welcome • You will be pleased on what you see • Call ‘Frank’.

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WWS

World Wide Sires turns 40

World Wide Sires is celebrating it’s 40 year anniversary this year! What started as a passion for cows and international people for one California pioneer, soon grew into a global business that has become a household name for farmers around the world. World Wide Sires was founded by a prominent California dairy producer, Mr. Willard “Bill” Clark of Cal-Clark Holsteins in 1971. An avid traveler with a passion for dairy cattle and international business, Clark identified a need and demand for U.S. genetics around the world, and sought to source elite product to meet this market demand. At the time that the company was founded at Clark’s home farm in Hanford, California, there were five AI cooperatives that served as the original genetic suppliers: Tri-State Breeders Cooperative, East Central Breeders, Eastern A.I. Cooperative, Sire Power and Midwest Breeders Cooperative. Export totals grew rapidly, and by the mid1980’s, World Wide Sires was the global sales organization representing all the A.I. cooperatives in the United States. Clark attributed his early success to his focus people relations and customer service which remains the cornerstone of World Wide Sires today.

In 2000, Bill Clark turned 70 and decided to retire so he made the tough decision to sell his company. In 2001, on behalf of their 51,000 farmer members, Accelerated

the best is yet to come! distribution network today includes seven joint ventures and four wholly-owned subsidiary organizations around the globe.

In Australia, World Wide Sires markets through Global Sires, a joint venture with Genetics Australia.

Based in Plain City, Ohio, World Wide Sires’ owner Select Sires is a federated cooperative with 10 domestic cooperative members across the United States. Select Sires is the world’s largest A.I. cooperative and their U.S. market share is greater than 30% in the USA. In 2010, Select Sires sold a record 12 million units of semen in over 90 countries. Recognized as a leading supplier of elite dairy and beef cattle genetics, Select Sires progeny tests 350 dairy sires annually.

Bill Clark Genetics, Baraboo, Wisconsin, and Select Sires, Plain City, Ohio, announced the purchase of World Wide Sires as a joint venture. World Wide Sires has since operated as a stand-alone company that continues Clark’s original vision - to provide dairy and beef producers throughout the world with convenient access to the highestquality genetics through a professional distribution network. World Wide Sires serves as the international marketing and sales organization representing these two companies in more than 70 countries throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Oceania. The World Wide Sires’

Founded in 1941, Accelerated Genetics is the oldest A.I. cooperative in the United States. This organization is based in Baraboo, Wisconsin, and was originally established as a breeder’s cooperative representing members in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa.

Accelerated Genetics markets over 5 million doses of semen to 90 countries annually. Through their in-house research subsidiary, Genetic Visions, this cooperative has been a pioneer in genetic marker testing and research for more than 20 years. Genetic Visions was founded in 1988, and today this is one of only three laboratories in the United States that is certified to conduct genomic testing.

In the company’s 40 year history, World Wide Sires has shipped more than 64 million doses of semen to 108 countries, and has hosted more than 31,000 international visitors including many Australians!

Early Jersey visitors to World Wide Sires from Australia included Barry Monson, Eric Johnson and Ivan Grant. These gentlemen and many other passionate Jersey breeders from Australia traveled to America with open eyes and were some of the first willing to take a leap of faith and jump into the world of American genetics.

Left to right: Mancebo Louie 2464 (daughter of 14JE00473 Louie); WF Kyros Dakota (daughter of 7JE00865 Kyros); Goff Eclipes 7957 (daughter of 7JE00860 Eclipes-P), Rocky Top Riley 15713 (daughter of 7JE00859 Riley).

World Wide Sires Ltd. was instrumental in building the genetic foundation of the Jersey breed with great sires such as Berretta,

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Sooner, Duncan, Barber, Centurion, Sambo, Future, Paramount, Jace, Parade and Action. The very first export of Jersey semen to Australia in 1987 with the likes of Nippersink, RH Silverling Beau and Comet later to be followed in 1988 by Roman Saint and Magic Douglas. In the early years, the import health restrictions eliminated some of the breed greats from entering Australia but very soon after, the greats such as SAMBO, HERMITAGE and BERRETTA entered the Australian market and the rest is history. Recent greats such as, Eclipes-P, Kyros, Governor, Impuls Louie 260 and T-Bone, currently available from World Wide Sires, are ensuring a bright future. World Wide Sires leaves a strong footprint on Australian Jersey herds and breeding programs today through numerous brood cows sired by Parade, Centurion, Paramount and Action.

Bill Clark based his vision of World Wide Sires upon people first and services second. This ideology remains today as the organization offers a variety of valueadded services to customers around the globe, including the World Wide Mating Service (WMS). As the world’s largest mating program, more than 6.1 million cows were mated through WMS in 50

Bushlea Golden Fernleaf (Golden dtr.) bred and owned by Bushlea Farms Bushlea Jace Fernleaf (Jace dtr.) bred and owned by Bushlea Farms Cairnbrae Parades Daisy (Parade dtr.) bred and owned by AG & JA Carson countries in 2010. Australian farmers who have used the WMS program have remained faithful due to its results for breeding longer living, more profitable and attractive cows. Other services available include consulting and technical programs, World Wide Sires University, embryo sales and the WWS Global Training Center, which offers advanced A.I. and dairy management training opportunities.

The first 40 years have been spent building a legacy of genetics, customer service and solid relationships with the good people in the dairy industry. As World Wide Sires moves forward, the focus will not change : People first and the genetics and services to support those good people. Thank you Australia for your support and friendship since our first exports to your fine country in 1986….the best is yet to come!

CARCOOLA JERSEYS On the Mooove ..... (Well our heifers are anyway)

Dec 2010 - 5 Heifers sold to Brunchilli Mar 2011 - 8 Animals to SA Autumn Fair May 2011 - 10 Heifers sold to Brunchilli All the best to the Boyd Family with their purchases Sept 2011- We Moove to the Adelaide Royal See you there!

There are still a few cows left at the Kernich Family Farm.

Carcoola, Kapunda Rd. Greenock.

Junior Champion, SA Jersey Autumn Fair 2011 Carcoola Melina 2 Sire; PINE HAVEN SENIOR

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Enquiries. Ph (08) 8562 8113 carcoolajersey@bigpond.com

GENOMICS VALUE FOR PEDIGREE BREEDERS

By Michelle Axford Genomics is expected to fasttrack genetic gain in the Australian dairy industry, with predictions that its use for sire selection could double the rate of genetic gain in herds. There are also benefits from genotyping females, although the value is likely to be realised initially by pedigree breeders, followed later at the commercial farm level.

In this article we report on a presentation by Dr Jennie Pryce to the Applied Genomics for Livestock Breeding Conference, held in May in Melbourne.

Dr Pryce, a Senior Research Scientist with the Victorian Department of Primary Industries, is a key member of the Dairy Futures CRC research team. Part of their work is to support the Australian Dairy Herd Improvement Scheme (ADHIS).

For pedigree breeders, genotyping females could be a useful tool for heifer sales, selecting the best replacements, mating plans to control inbreeding, and confirming parentage. In time its application as a breeding tool for commercial heifers and cows will increase as both the reliability of the test improves and costs come down.

ABV(g)s Genomic testing allows a heifer’s breeding value to be calculated from birth. The reliability of this ABV(g) can be as high as 60%.

“That’s equivalent to a cow with many lactation records and is a much higher reliability than an ABV based on a heifer’s pedigree alone, which is about 30%” she said.

Dr Pryce analysed the potential applications for genomics technologies for Australian dairy herds and pedigree breeders.

As well as providing greater reliability, genotyping young heifers also gives farmers more confidence when making breeding and culling decisions.

The initial uses of genomic technology will be seen at the bull level, with pre-screening of young sires and marketing of genomically tested bulls rapidly becoming the norm. However the next application of the technology – the testing of cows – will be at the farm level.

The technology enables breeders to evaluate the merit of full siblings.

To date this would only be based off parent average and therefore the ‘best’ animal could not be readily determined. Genomics also allows for greater analysis of cow families in breeders herds.

Dr Pryce concluded that at the moment the mass genotyping of cows did not seem a strong proposition for selecting replacement females at the commercial farm level.

“However the situation is completely different for pedigree breeders who may realise increased genetic merit of cow families and future bull dams, and/or better sale prices from genotyped heifers of high genetic merit.”

As a result, pedigree breeders may use ABV(g)s in their mating plans to select females for flushing (see case study on the five ET sisters) and to work out the best combination of bull-cow matings.

Dr Pryce said that genotyping young heifers would also alleviate concerns over potential preferential treatment as the genomic part of the breeding value would be unbiased.

“This could result in higher rates of genetic gain in breeders’ herds

and potentially higher sale prices for genotyped heifers or embryos.

Or over time, it may become the norm for sale heifers or embryos to be marketed with an ABV(g).”

“The idea is to maximise a specific breeding objective – such as APR – while constraining inbreeding.”

Inbreeding erodes profit through reduced fertility, yield and health.

Dr Pryce expects genomic testing of sires will see farmers using larger numbers of bulls for shorter periods of time. Generations will turnover more rapidly, potentially making it harder to keep track of pedigrees.

“Genotyping gives us a much more precise estimate of inbreeding than can be achieved with pedigree. So genotyping females may become a useful tool when using mating plans to manage inbreeding.

Parentage testing Genomic testing can confirm parentage with 100% certainty if the parents have also been genotyped.

Using genotyping to work out parentage may be particularly useful for herds where large numbers of calves are born over a brief period, making it logistically difficult to work out the sire and dam of every calf and to control inbreeding.

Jersey Australia and ADHIS are investigating the potential delivery of a parentage service, with more information to be detailed in the coming months.

For more information contact: Michelle Axford, ADHIS ph (03) 8621 4240, mob 0427 573 330 or email maxford@adhis.com.au.

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FIVE ET SISTERS: A GENOMICS CASE STUDY An analysis of Bryan and Jo Dickson’s herd has highlighted the degree of insight genomic testing gives into a cow’s genetic makeup, compared with pedigree information.

Bryan and Jo’s herd, Emu Bank Holsteins, is ranked in the top 20 for Australian Selection Index (ASI).

The couple dairies with Bryan’s parents, Graeme and Shirley, at Terang in Western Victoria. Their 700-cow herd is bred entirely to artificial insemination (AI).

Dr Jennie Pryce from the Victorian Department of Primary Industries compared the genomics relationship with the pedigree relationship of 49 cows in the Dickson’s herd.

She was particularly interested in five full ET sisters. They were daughters of the French bull Roumare and Emu Banks Bullbar Pepita.

“Based on pedigree, we’d expect these daughters to share 50% of their DNA, and their ABVs based on parent average would be identical,” Dr Pryce said.

But their genotype results revealed more genetic variation than that. There are 70 ASI dollar units difference between the highest and lowest ASI sisters.

genotyped as calves – that’s about 10% of the herd. The information will be really useful for selecting the best young candidates for our embryo transfer program.”

Mr Dickson said he would use the information to select the best two sisters to be flushed for embryo transfer.

He also sees potential value in the use of genotyping females to confirm parentage and manage in-breeding.

“These cows are now on their first lactation so I’ll use a combination of production and genotype data to select the best two for flushing this season,” Mr Dickson said.

“Genomics is an exciting new technology with many possible uses, but like all new technology, it pays to embrace it with a tinge of caution,” Mr Dickson said.

“But the real value of genomics will be to genotype young females, so we can be more selective about which heifers to flush.”

Cow ABV(g)s

Mr Dickson plans to have about 30 heifer calves genotyped each year.

Michelle Axford from the Australian Dairy Herd Improvement Scheme explained that the first cow ABV(g) s would be released in August this year.

“We’ll have all our stud heifers

“Dairy farmers can now submit

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samples for genomic testing for cows in Australia, through the Holstein Australia service,” Mrs Axford said.

Female genotyping is expected to become a valuable tool for pedigree breeders.

“ABV(g)s provide a big boost to the reliability of cow breeding values, even before they have produced their first kilogram of milk solids.”

“The Dickson’s results are a clear example of how ABV(g)s can identify superior – or inferior – animals at a young age. And there will be many uses of that information in the breeding program,” Mrs Axford said.

For more information contact: Michelle Axford, ADHIS ph (03) 8621 4240, mob 0427 573 330 or email maxford@adhis.com.au.

— RANLEIGH — Jerseys that get-up-and-go.

Jerseys that get-up-and-go. By Michael Porteus

BRETT Boyd is looking forward to the future in “But in August when we start getting bigger stud until the early 1960s. a dairy industry he says will prosper in a world numbers, we’ve got to manage the cows to make After that, they no longer registered their Jerseys. where people want milk. sure the pastures recover for the summer.”

They were milking 120 when Geoff and Estelle Twenty-four-year-old Brett has always wanted to Ninety per cent of the farm has been resown over were married in 1977. be a farmer, and did an agriculture apprenticeship the past five years.

Since then, the family has built up the herd in high school.

Brett currently favours a blend of Banquet II and to around 500, first by leasing and buying “I enjoy farming,” he says.

One50 rye grass, which he sows from March to neighbouring properties, and then by increasing Now he and parents Geoff and Estelle run up to July at 35kg/ha. stocking rates.

500 cows at Ranleigh Jerseys at Foster in South “It seems to be the best pasture for the area,” he Estelle thinks better feed is the most important Gippsland. says. factor in increasing milk yield.

They farm 287ha. The herd is 70 per cent “I reckon we had pretty handy cows 30 years Jerseys. The others are Friesans, crossago,” she says. breeds and reds. They average 530kgs “But now they are better fed on grain of milk solids per cow per year. and better grass, and we know more The farm produces about three about what we are doing.” million litres a year for the Murray Estelle carefully moderates each Goulburn Co-operative. animal’s breeding.

Brett says he’s not a fanatic She thinks a herd needs a few about Jerseys, but the farm Friesans, likes some crossends up running them because breeds, and does third-crosses they make more money, and are with Reds. She highly rates better suited to wet conditions. progeny testing.

He says the Boyds decided to “I certainly like Jerseys,” she says, resume his grandfather’s registration “but I’m certainly not one of those Geoff, Estelle and Brett Boyd at Ranleigh Jerseys. of cows with Jersey Australia after mad-keen Jersey people.” persuasion by other Jersey breeders at a She thinks people with all breeds should local cattle sale. work together to advance the whole industry.

The Boyd farm has heavy grey loam soils. Estelle But she does notice plenty of good things about says these now look like black mud as the farm “It has a good strike rate. It just seems to always Jerseys. has this year already had 440mm of its average grow.

She says good temperament runs in Jersey annual 1000mm rainfall.

“We don’t put a huge amount of fertiliser on, but families.

Estelle adjusts the herd’s annual 1.8-tonne-per- we put on 180kg/ha of a mixed blend.”

“Even though I rear probably 150 calves a year, cow grain mix to meet seasonal needs.

They spray three times a year with gibb acid, there’s still quiet ones that will come up and talk Brett specialises in growing grass. and once a year with herbicide to get rid of cape to you,” she says.

“Without grass, you don’t make money,” he says. weed, stinging nettles and flatweeds.

“Jerseys definitely have more attitude than “Grass is our cheapest input.

“We’ve only sown 10ha in the past 12 months, Friesans.

“All we’ve got to do is put a bit of fertiliser on and just because of the year we’ve had,” Brett says.

“Friesans don’t really seem to know what’s make sure the weeds don’t grow.

“We didn’t have a summer, so it didn’t dry out happening.

“We still need to feed in the bale to make sure we enough to warrant resowing any pastures.

“Friesans are big and slow. have enough grass coverage for the next rotation, “The paddocks are rough because we had a “Jerseys have get up and go.” and the rotation after that. wet winter last year, and there wasn’t any need Estelle says they had feared that the Friesans, “We don’t leave paddocks bare, so they keep to resow. crosses and Reds might boss the Jerseys. growing for the future.”

“In the next couple of years, we’ll be doing a lot “But it’s the other way round,” she says.

Rotations change with the size of the milking more resowing, which will mean experimenting “The Jerseys get out in the paddock, and they herd. with new pastures.” tell the others to get out of the road, and they go “At the moment, we are only milking 220 and the Brett plans pasture management with Estelle, who home first. rotation is about 20 days.” Brett says. grew up on a farm with a mixed herd at nearby “They are smaller, but they are definitely not being “In August, it will get down to about 14 days.

Meeniyan. knocked around.

“It depends on the conditions – if it’s dry it will be Ranleigh Jerseys was the original name for the “If anything, they are doing the knocking around.” a bit longer. If it’s wet, it will be a bit shorter. farm started by Geoff’s parents, who ran it as a

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Brookbora’s LoveLies family Originating from Edenhope Jerseys, the foundation member of the Love Lies family arrived at Brookbora in 1964 with the purchase of Edenhope Love Lies 4th. With the family now making up 20% of the herd, all current family members can be traced back to this cow. Making a lasting contribution and a solid foundation for our current herd, the family now extends to 13 generations, with the latest autumn born calf in the shed being the 633rd female decendant.

Brookbora Love Lies 280 VHC 90 Ex 7 8 lact ave 7261 litres, 380 kg bf, 267 kg prt, PI 114

Brookbora Love Lies 509 Sup 92 STP 6 4 lact ave 7641 litres, 411 kg bf, 278 kg prt, PI 108 Today there are three notable lines of the Love Lies family at Brookbora.

Brookbora Love Lies 509 Sup 92 STP 6 is probably Brookbora’s more well known member of the Love Lies family, being awarded back to back NDJBC On Farm Challenge titles in 2008 & 2009. In 2008 she went on to be Reserve Champion 4 year old in the Great Southern Challenge standing behind the Champion Cow and placing 3rd overall that year.

She has placed well at IDW each time she has shown with 6th place as a 3 year old, 9th 4yo and 4th place at IDW 2010. Her progeny are performing very well here, with her Flowerpower and Action daughters proving themselves within the herd, both producing and classifying well as 2 year olds, and her Galaxies young granddaughter to be joined this winter.

This line of the Love Lies family has possibly slipped under the radar a little until recent times. Her dam, a Sooner, produced well with an average 305 day lactation of 7070 litres, 362 kg bf and 252 kg protein over her 9 consecutive lactations. She classified 87 points and with the benefit of hindsight should have met with the classifier again. Each of her three daughters have performed well. In addition to B Love Lies 509, B Love Lies 469, a Biestar VHC 90 EX 6 (with a VG 86@2yrs Parade daughter, both classifying and producing well) and B Love Lies 529, her Country EX 90 sister, with an average PI of 105, placing 5th in the 4yo class in NDJBC OFC in 2009, have done well in our herd.

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Brookbora Love Lies 280 VHC 90 EX 7 (pictured) has produced the deepest and most extensive line of the Love Lies family at Brookbora, with now up to 6 generations of 90 points or better to date. A Quicksilver Royal, from a VHC 91 EX Brigadier, in turn from a Roz VHC 90, she went onto produce two excellent daughters. B Love Lies 449 VHC 91 EX 6 sired by All American, unfortunately no daughters. B Love Lies 466 VHC 91 EX 6 (pictured) by Astound, has gone onto make a major impact within our herd with seven 90 point and 91 point daughters. She placed equal 2nd as a 3 year old and 3rd as a mature cow in the NDJBC OFC 2004 and 2008 respectively.

BrookboraLoveLies 466 VHC 91 Ex 6 6 lact ave 7808 litres, 386 kg bf, 285 kg prt, PI 106

Brookbora Love Lies 584 VG 86 @ 2 yrs 2.0 yrs 6220 litres, 280 kg bf, 221 kg prt, PI 100, 268 days cont

Brookbora Love Lies 437 Sup 92 Ex 6 5 lact ave 6217 litres, 361 kg bf, 255 kg prt, PI 101

Her daughters are sired by Jace, Hallmark, Augustus and Taranak and are joined by the latest heifers, both VG 86 @ 2 yrs, sired by Taranak and Badger (B Love Lies 584 pictured). A Jace daughter was sold at IDW 2008 and is now performing well at her new Kaarmona home, she also classified 90 points. B Love Lies 466’s Ex 90 Manhatten and 85@2yrs Jacinto grand daughters and VG 87@2yrs Flowerpower great grand daughter are continuing the tradition of great type and production. Yet to join the milking herd are grand daughters sired by Jace, Blackstone, Bartpower, T Bone, Taranak, Spiritual and Eclipes and a great grand daughter by On Time.

The Centurion also had a maternal sister by Montana, B Love Lies 439 Sup 93. She placed 3rd 5 & 6 Year Old Cow NDJBC OFC 2005. She is proving the genes of this family line are no fluke, with her young Taranak daughter doing well in production, with the classifier and placing 3rd as a 2 year old in the 2009 NDJBC OFC.

Brookbora Love Lies 437 Sup 92 Ex 6 comes from yet another notable line of Love Lies within Brookbora’s herd. She is by Finale bred from a VHC 91 Centurion x Lester VHC 90 EX 8. B Love Lies 437 has three daughters at Brookbora, an Astound EX 91, Brookbi VG88 and a fresh autumn calved Navara. Her maternal sister, B Love Lies 502 VHC 90 STP 6 by Mannix has young daughters sired by Action and Galaxies.

NEW SOUTH WALES

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QUEENSLAND

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SOUTH AUSTRALIA

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Love Lies family members consistently classify well with current milking herd members aged 3 years and above averaging 89 points.

Family members also feature in all age production awards each year.

Great cow families and individual cows, together as a whole herd, make breeding an enjoyable part of farming and while profitable production is important, so too is consistently great type, ensuring longevity within our herd. For more information on this family go www.brookbora.com. au The Love Lies family continue to make their mark on our herd and will into the future.

VICTORIA

State Secretary - Andrew Younger 50 Zeerust School Rd, Zeerust Vic 3634 Ph 03 5829 8352 Mob 0409 572 484 motor5@bigpond.com Genetic Recovery Officers Chris MacKenzie (Western Districts) Phone: (03) Phone:(03) 5598 7222 Margaret Cockerell (Northern Vic) Phone: 0407 641 132 (03) 5864 1133 Barry Monson (03) 5625 3176 or 0429 343 903

WESTERN AUSTRALIA Susan Lutey Feast Rd, Serpentine 6125 PH: (08) 9525 2407 hope1@iinet.net.au

TASMANIA

State Secretary - Max McCormack PO Box 1258 Devonport TAS 7310 Phone: (03) 6424 1250 Mobile: 0409 252 232 Email: pegandmax@southcom.com.au

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Misty Mountain - Jersey Milk

by Kellie Davis tag line Pure Goodness, delivers customers traditional, high quality dairy products. The minimal processing of the milk creates a range of products distinctly different to mainstream mass produced dairy products.

Like the milk being gently pasteurised so the cream rises to the top of the milk as nature intended. The milk is marketed on being GM Free, non-homogenised and local. The range includes a full cream, low fat and a lactosefree milk as well as a delectable Jersey dollop and pouring cream. Other products in the range include yoghurts, fetta and quark cheese dips.

Ken and Vicky Horton.

In September, 2010, we had a monumental choice to make. The owner/CEO of local on-farm processor ‘Mungalli Creek Dairy’, Robert Watson, approached us to join their family of suppliers. We would be producing milk for the ‘Misty Mountain Farms Jersey Milk’ brand, a new non-organic brand which is a part of the successful Mungalli Creek Dairy business.

Ken and Vicky Horton were the first farmers to supply milk for the Misty Mountain Farms brand in July 2010, and when consumer demand increased, we were signed up.

Good old-fashioned Jersey milk has really won the hearts of northern consumers, and

The Davis family - Joshua, Kelly, Don, Erin (back) Veronica, Lauren, Jacinta (front)

In only 10 months the Misty Mountain Farms Jersey Milk is shining a bright future in the North Queensland Dairy Industry and for a fledging product we have already received some great accolades. Last month, our Marketing Manager, Michelle Bell-Turner entered 6 Misty Mountain Farms products in the Royal Queensland Food & Wine Show, and every product won a medal – 2 Gold, 3 Silver and 1 Bronze! Both Misty Mountain Farms and Mungalli won gold over eleven other processors in the full cream milk section. Forty-five processors from three states entered the awards, with Mungalli Creek Biodynamic Full Cream Milk being named Champion Milk of the show, by one point from Misty Mountain Farms FullCream, I am mighty proud to add!!

It is great to see the support of local consumers willing to pay a bit more for our premium quality Jersey milk. Many oldtimers have told us of how the milk reminds them of the milk they had as kids, so now younger generations of North Queenslanders are getting hooked on natural Jersey Milk too!. This can only be a good thing for the future of our industry!

Don and I have been dairying at Millaa Millaa, in Far North Queensland, for 23 years and proudly own the ‘Waragumba Jersey Stud’.

We both come from dairy farming families, who have supplied milk to the local factory - Don’s family since 1910, and mine since the early 1930’s – so to leave the ‘mother ship’, was a difficult decision. Nine months down the track we are certain that it was the right one.

The Misty Mountain Farms brand with the

the demand has grown very rapidly, so now Misty Mountain Farms consists of three family farms - with Nathan Hughes & Alison Turner joining the fray just last month (May 2011).

The Horton kids – Kade, Kaylon, Kirrah.

The Misty Mountain Farms Milk and our other dairy products are sold in the North Queensland region between Cooktown and Mackay.

The Davis family - Don, Lauren, Veronica, Erin, Joshua, Kelly and Jacinta (front).

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Jersey Australia NSW Branch AGM REPORT

The Southern Riverina Jersey Cattle Club hosted the NSW Branch annual conference over 2 days on the last weekend in April.

Visitors were greeted with glorious weather to inspect the herds of members on the Saturday and Sunday and to enjoy some typical Riverina hospitality.

Alan Blum from Genetics Australia was the guest speaker at the Annual dinner discussing the goals and benefits of the GA/JA alliance, genomics and a long question and answer session covering bull proofs, progeny test selection process and where the breed is at and the phenotype improvements the breed needs to adjust now for 5 to 10 year’s time.

The annual NSW lifetime production awards and class leaders were presented with the highlight being “Boscawen Nanscanuk Buttercup 3590” of G. F. & R. F. Herne & T. L. Russell. She received the Senior 3 Class Leader Award with 11,260 litres 390 kg Protein 607 kg Fat 997 kg Fat plus Protein. . This is an amazing effort being milked in a Holstein herd of over 600 cows.

There was great anticipation amongst the crowd for the announcement of the Annual Travel Award sponsored by Dairy Express, J & E Keys, Jersey Australia and the Hunter Valley Jersey Cattle Club.

We had 4 applicants this year including Suzie Falls, Callum McPhee, Robbie Wilson and Mitchell Flemming. Lindsay Wilson and Milton Johnston were the

From left Milton Johnston, Callum McPhee, Mitchell Flemming in the middle (awarded the scholarship), Robbie Wilson with Lindsay Wilson on the right.

Judges.The judges commented on the 16 year tradition of the award and how the breed has benefited by previous winners by the contribution they have put back into the breed. Lindsay went on to say how close the competition was before declaring Mitchell Flemming the 2011 recipient.

Opening up the travel award to all Jersey Australia members and all states was discussed earlier that day at the AGM with a unanimous agreement to do so from 2012 as we continue to operate as a national organisation. However the judging will remain as part of the official NSW branch annual activities.

The sale was cancelled this year due to a lack of numbers.

A state sale will now be held in conjunction with the NSW State Jersey Show and Youth Show in October.

Please contact one of the state branch committee members if you wish to sell at this sale. This will make these 2 days a must on your Jersey Calendar.

Please note the days for the 2011 state show have changed to Wednesday 26th and Thursday 27th October.

Another feature at the NSW State show is Futurity class that is in its 4th year.The 2012 nominations are due by June 30 2011.

For further information contact Milton Johnston 02 6552 5915

JERSEY AUSTRALIA (NSW) INC. PRODUCTION AWARDS 2010 CLASS LEADERS FOR FAT PLUS PROTEIN (305 days) period 1/7/09 to 30/6/10 CLASS

OWNER

COW’S NAME

MILK

PROTEIN

FAT

FAT + PROTEIN

Senior Yr

M. Singleton & Sons

Aghadreena Rebel Silvermine

6,903

266

350

616 Kg

Junior 2

M. Singleton & Sons

Aghadreena FP Memory 2nd

6,909

285

388

673 Kg

Senior 2

P. J. & F. Singleton

Sunnycrest Brazo BH Poppy

7,165

277

360

637 Kg

Junior 3

M. Singleton & Sons

Aghadreena FP Maria

8,738

318

450

768 Kg

Senior 3

G F & R F Herne & T L Russell Boscawen Nanscanuk Buttercup 3590

11,260

390

607

997 Kg

Junior 4

M. Singleton & Sons

9,373

353

461

814 Kg

Senior 4

G F & R F Herne & T L Russell Boscawen Genick Benita 4th 3310

10,047

336

556

892 Kg

Mature

G F & R F Herne & T L Russell Boscawen Paramount Buttercup 3110

9,723

337

573

910 Kg

Aghadreena Barb Duchess

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JERSEY AUSTRALIA (NSW) INC. - LIFETIME PRODUCTION AWARDS 2010 (1/1/10 – 31/12/10)

BRONZE AWARD – (minimum requirement) BREEDER COW I. A. Cork Tongarra Souvenirs Fondant P. J. & F. Singleton Letterdale Pit Magda M E, L M, S A & R Connell Ingalala Bellboy Dairylike Johnston Bros Ingalala Lesters Junette 2nd Ingalala Lesters Rarity Wilson Family Shirlinn B. Bright Silvermine Shirlinn Finale Kim Shirlinn F.P. Stephanie Shirlinn Malcolm’s Zara Shirlinn Saturn Eve Shirlinn Saturn Starfinch Creebank Partnership Creebank Eqinox Pam Creebank Javion Goldie Creebank Lemvig Velvet Creebank Taranak Jean Creebank View Caroline S L Pope Miami Jude Cowslip 56th J. Quin Orana Lemvig Sunshine G F & R F Herne & T L Russell Claydon Park Riverdale Benita 4th P. J., C. L. & A. L. Collett Robinfield Khan Lady Robinfield McTavish Dianna Robinfield Tilly Gilder GR2 S C Salway Fairfield Expo’s Rose Glencraig Khan Narcissus C B Jerseys Claydon Park Dairyman Daisy M. Singleton & Sons Aghadreena Centurion Bringal Aghadreena Perimeter June Miami Ghandi Girlie 3rd Brunchilli Farming Trust Brunchilli Jades Claud

50,000 Litres LITRES 51,729 50,500 56,278 53,632 51,706 59,380 50,130 54,989 52,382 50,317 55,821 57,109 51,646 54,828 56,050 51,178 52,275 53,197 58,425 50,755 56,020 54,836 53,837 53,820 51,739 55,437 55,918 51,557 50,254

SILVER AWARD - (minimum requirement) P. G. McDonald Kenarie Grey Flash M E, L M, S A & R Connell Siesta Bistar Ella Valleyrose Keepers Fancy Creebank Partnership Creebank Joel Elle Creebank Pyramid Libby J. Quin Invergelly On-line Bunty 115th P. J., C. L. & A. L. Collett Robinfield Madge Snowstorm Robinfield RK Queenie S C Salway Glencraig Lesters Interest 2nd M. Singleton & Sons Aghadreena Gunnar Kate Aghadreena Leon Molly

60,000 Litres 60,665 62,016 62,468 63,532 65,445 61,738 62,160 68,013 61,193 64,353 63,762

2100 Kg Protein 2278 2277 2290 2382 2470 2409 2156 2262 2274 2499 2553

2700 Kg Fat 2960 2929 2970 3447 2951 3314 2800 2757 3014 3206 3531

GOLD AWARD - (minimum requirement)

70,000 Litres

2450 Kg Protein

3150 Kg Fat

PLATINUM AWARD - (minimum requirement)

80,000 Litres

2800 Kg Protein

3600 Kg Fat

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1750 Kg Protein 2250 Kg Fat PROTEIN FAT 2034 2612 1967 2692 2118 2706 2051 2996 1776 2502 2133 2393 1897 2255 1988 2548 2041 2747 1920 2492 1914 2457 2094 2381 1883 2252 2260 3068 2160 2849 2028 2541 1954 2471 2182 3061 2300 3457 1884 2397 1920 2591 1862 2329 1991 2744 2014 2708 1861 2436 2090 3084 2112 2347 1815 2282 1917 2633

BROADLIN JERSEYS

BALINGEN PARK JERSEYS “Little Cows; Big Attitude”!

Kieron & Melissa Eddy 685 Hooper Rd, Tatura, 3616 Ph: 0427 061 705 balingen_eddy@bigpond.com

Lynton and Lisa, Toni, Gavin and Cassie Broad

388 Johnson Road, LOCKINGTON 3563 03 5486 2624 042786 2624 lisa.broad@bigpond.com

EURARIE JERSEYS

Jimann Jerseys

Charles & Carolyn Smith 80 Rathbone Road St Germains 3620 03 5826 0325 andesholsteins@bigpond.com.au

Trevor & Julie Campbell 286 Lowe Rd Rochester 3561 (03) 5484 1621 jimann1@bigpond.com

Brookbora Jerseys Robert and Sandra Bacon Tennyson Vic 3572 03 5488 2323 0429 333 119 bacons@brookbora.com.au www.brookbora.com.au

Congratulations

Bercar Jersey Stud Bernie and Carol McManus

Congratulations and best wishes to Brendan and Teanelle for much future success and Happiness

252 Bamawm Rd Bamawm. 3561 Ph. 03-54832245 e-mail bercar3561@bigpond.com

SUNSHINE FARM JERSEYS

Welcome to our 2 littlest members.

R S N.

(Born 5 April 2011) first child for Pat and Carmen and L J C (Born 1 -12-2010) first child for Jeremy and Bree.

N R & J M McDonald 715 Andrews Rd Kyabram 3620 Ph: 03 5855 2516 0428 992 450 janelleabbey@hotmail.com

SHENSTONE JERSEY STUD Gordon & Lyn Emmett

12 Curr Rd Stanhope 03 5857 2629 lynemmett@bigpond.com.au .....breeding since 1930

Utopia Jerseys Jared & Courtney Ireland

53 Hewlett Lane, Locklngton.

03-54862694 I 042765765 courtney.wagner@bigpond.com

Silhouette Jerseys Richard & Ann Worboys Echuca Mitiamo Rd • Kotta 03 5483 7500 info@silhouette.biz

Sybilgrove & Summer Spirit Jerseys

Collins Family 202 McColl Rd Ballendella 3561 Ph/Fax 03 5486 5393

Dalbora Genetics Robert & Sandra Bacon Daryl & Maria Collins Tennyson Vic 3572 0427 882 227 0429 333 119 info@dalboragenetics.com.au www.dalboragenetics.com.au

WINDY WAYS JERSEYS

Bill, Kaye and Andrew Cochrane 836 Hansen Rd, Bamawm, 3561

03 5486 5474

craigielea3@bigpond.com

JUGIONG JERSEYS

Gailee Jerseys

Curr Rd Girgarre 3624 Ph/fax 03 5854 6393 Pat 03 5854 6513 jugiong@bigpond.com.au

Norm & Dawn Stone 489 Hill Rd Stanhope 03 5857 2399 gaileeadsl@bigpond.com

Rockleigh Park Jerseys

LINCOLNDELL JERSEYS

Nicholson Family

Benlock Jersey Stud Bryan & Lee Rushton 79 Brooks Rd Rochester 3861 03 5484 1551 benlockj@dodo.com.au

Craigielea Jerseys

Frank Walsh 41 A Finlay Rd. Tongala VIC 3621 Phone. 5859 0532 Mobile 0418 576 856 Email: frankwalsh3@bigpond.com

NORTHERN DISTRICT

Stewart Mancer 2/1 Moama Court, Moama Ph: 0429 88 22 01 rockleighpark@bigpond.com

JERSEY BREEDERS CLUB

Ron and Val Read & Family 167 Panoo Road Lockington 3563

President: Bill Cochrane 03 5486 5474 Secretary: Lisa Broad 03 5486 2624

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BEAUTIZONE

JERSEY CATTLE CLUB

On the last weekend in January, the Beautizone Jersey Cattle Club was host to a judging school at Dorrigo NSW. There were ten participants and the over-judges were Brian Wilson, Shirlinn Jersey Stud and Ken Atkins, Kendale Jersey Stud.

Five different jersey studs were used, so the participents gained great experience judging jerseys of different type, stage of lactation, condition and age.

All participents grew in confidence over the duration of the school and this showed itself in speed of decision making, succinctness of comments and similarity to the over-judges decisions.

Brian and Ken were positive in their praise of the progress made by all participents over the weekend.

The club felt that the weekend was most worthwhile and as a consequence, in the future we will have some great judges, both in the show-ring or amidst the breed generally.

AGRI-GENE HIGHLIGHTS SANDBLAST Blasts His Way to the Top Without a doubt the highlight from the April ABV release was the performance of Jersey bull SANDBLAST who blasted to the No.1 position on the APR rankings. Sandblast is a Flowerpower son with added Strength and Capacity from 9 generations of EX and VHC cows. Not only is Sandblast clearly the No.1 APR bull by almost 50 points, he is also the highest Jersey bull in the breed for ASI and Protein Kgs and equal No.1 for Temperament and Likeability. When you combine this with his positive percentages for both Protein & Fat and his excellent Overall Type and Mammary scores, he will be one of the

Kanoo Dam: Gabys Action Baby - EX91

highest use Jersey sires in Australia for 2011 with export orders already lining up.

Other highlights from Agri-Gene’s Jersey line-up was the performance of USA sires TBONE and KANOO who are both amongst the Top 10 JPI bulls in the USA. Tbone added another 1,000 daughters to his already impressive proof and remains one of the highest Type and Production sires available while Kanoo is the No.5 JPI sire and offers an outcross alternative with high Production, good Components and neat Udders.

team include Tower Vue Prime TEQUILA, a big time Type bull who is the No.1 Type and Udder Index bull in the breed along with being No.1 for Stature, Foot Angle, Rear Udder Width and Udder Depth.

New sires from the USA to Agri-Gene’s Jersey

He also ranks amongst the Top 10 sires for Fat%, Protein%, Strength, Dairy Form, Rump Width, For Udder Attachment, Rear Udder Height, Udder Cleft and Teat Placement. Also from the USA a Genomic Tbone son Gabys Tbone BRANSON who is from the $25,000 Gabys Action Baby - EX91 cow and is already been used as a Sire of Sons in the USA.

Tequila Dam: Pleasant Nook Sambo Teal - EX94

Sandblast Dtr: Somersleigh SB Surprise – VG87

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S

Sandblast

Nowell Sandblast

Australia’s No.1 APR Jersey Sire......

Sire: Dam:

Claydon Park Flower Power Rye Valley Admirals Sandra 2nd - EX92 305D 8323M 6.2% 516F 4.3% 357P MGS: Judds Admiral MGD: Rye Valley Hermitage Sandra 3rd - VHC90 305D 6910M 5.7% 396F 4.1% 284P

Dtr: Somersleigh SB Surprise - VG87

Dtr: Somersleigh SB Dots - VG88

Owned by Ian & Joy Richards

Owned by Ian & Joy Richards

Type & Production Leader • Sandblast is Australia’s No.1 APR, ASI and Protein Sire who offers tremendous all-round Type and Production • Flowerpower son with added Strength and Capacity from 9 generations of EX or VHC cows • Great reports on Sandblast daughters who consistently display tremendous Body Depth and spring of Rib with high and wide Rear Udders that have great Ligament Strength and Teat Placement • Outstanding Production with High Milk flow and extreme Components

Dtr: Kaddy Sandy Rose - VG88 Max Owned by Andrew Younger

April ABV 2011

APR Rel 299 73

ASI Prot Prot% Milk Fat Fat% 250 35 0.32 594 36 0.08

Rel 79

Type Mam Rel 110 111 71

MS Temp Like Rel 102 106 106 75

Dtrs Herds 55 21

Agri-Gene Pty Ltd 123-125 Tone Road, Wangaratta Victoria 3677 ph: 03 5722 2666 fax: 03 5722 2777 email: info@agrigene.com.au website: www.agrigene.com.au

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Craigielea wishes Jugiong all the best with Craigielea Avery Silky Ex 91 TOP SELLING ANIMAL AT THE

‘NORTHERN LIGHTS’ 2011 DAM AND GRANDDAM GA FOCUS COWS Signature X Jace X Lesterx Barber X Silver Jay X Imp NZ Hillock View Sultans Silky

CRAIGIELEA MAKING THE WORLDS BEST COWS EVEN BETTER Bill, Kaye & Andrew Cochrane • 836 Hansen RD BAMAWM 3561

PHONE 03 5486 5474 Craigielea Kodys Vicky EXC 91 – OFC WINNER

A Parade heifer from this family sold at Northern Lights 2010 to Broadlin Jerseys Same cow family as Valerian his granddam is a full sister to the granddam of Kodys Vicky

KODY X TARANAK X BERRETTA (IMP EMBRYOS USA) 23674 LITRES IN 3 LACTATIONS

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Kaarmona Parade Marie 67 VG88 (max)

2nd Prize Junior 2yr in-milk IDW 2011 Sold for top price of $21,100 at our ‘Silver Edition Sale’ to Roger, Helen & Melissa Perrett.

2nd highest price for a milking Jersey cow in Australia’s history Thank you to all the purchasers & underbidders, your support is greatly appreciated.

We will follow your Kaarmona purchases with interest.

A great heart felt thanks to all those that helped out in the lead up & during the sale, especially the crew of Reece Attenborough, Jason Hayes, Callum McPhee, Gavin Broad & Ryley Mills.

aarmona K SilverEdition Sale Other Kaarmona ‘Silver Edition’ Sale highlights: Kaarmona Action Marie 74 - Backed by SUP92 Jace then another 2 Gen SUP92 - Sold to John Raeside for $5800 Kaarmona Fantom Marie 73 - Out of an Ex90 Jace - Sold to Darren Hourigan for $4,600 Kaarmona Legion Noella 2 (ET) - Sold to Rob & Sandra Bacon for $5,100 Kaarmona Parade Hattie 7 - Sold to Trevor & Anthea Saunders for $5,200 Kaarmona Fantom Charo 3 - Out of an Ex90 BW Legion - Sold to Coolabah Dairies for $5,000 Kaarmona Finalist Jo 10 - Sold to John Raeside for $4,200

25 Jerseys averaged $4,488 - 2nd highest single vendor average in Australia’s history 24 Holsteins averaged $4215

Kaarmona Parade Babe 3 SUP 92 Progeny now in-milk in USA Four times top four in-milk IDW

Kaarmona Parade Babe ET SUP 92 Dam of Jurace - progeny tested by WWS Four times top six in-milk IDW

Kaarmona Parade Babe 2 SUP 93 Two times Grand Champion Cow GSC. Five times top six in-milk IDW

All the animals listed above are sired by WWS bulls. Even after our ‘Silver Edition’ Sale where we sold our absolute best, a staggering 39% of Kaarmona Jerseys in the herd today are sired by WWS bulls. BW Parade will go down in history as being one of the most influential sires ever used at Kaarmona.

Thank you to WWS for your contribution over many years towards making Kaarmona what it is today.

‘Embryo’s Available’

Graeme & Robyn Sprunt

Ph / Fax 03 5826 9659 235 Kaarimba Hall Rd, Kaarimba, Vic, 3635 www.kaarmona.com.au Artwork by: Hayley Menzies. Photos: Marie - Dean Malcolm, Babe - Ella Wright. Babe 2 & Babe 3 - Ross Easterbrook

Kaarmona World Class Holsteins & Jerseys

Rohan & Claire Sprunt

Ph: 03 5826 9506 Mob: 0418 579 367 235 Kaarimba Hall Rd, Kaarimba, Vic, 3635 kaarmona @bigpond.com

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Marcia Ex 91

Brunchilli Sambo Res Senior Champion Cow Sydney Royal Show 2007 Champion Cow Cumberland & S. Coast OFC 2006 & 2007 Res Champion Great Northern Challenge 2007 Daughters by; Comerica, Jamaica & Giller.

Phone: Hayley - 0428 765 767 Fax: 02 4447 0293 Email: hayley@4alta.com

A Tribute to

Tammy Ex 93

A once in a lifetime sire that changed the foundation of our herd and made it what it is today.

Below are 5 of our favourite Sambo daughters. His influence will always be remembered through his amazing daughters and many sons around the world.

We look forward to seeing the next chapter in the story of this Legendary Sire.

The Sire of Champion’s

Lester Sambo

Eileen 3 Ex 93

Phone: 03 5883 0213 Fax: 03 5883 0250 Email: brunchilli@bigpond.com

Visitors Always Welcome

Senior Champion Cow Sydney Royal Show 2011 Reserve Supreme All Breeds Champion Senior Champion Cow IDW 2009 Dam: EX Belle’s Jade produced over 9,000L x Lester Furor & Request sons available.

Brunchilli Sambo

Noelene Ex 93 Sambo

1035 Riverina Highway, Finley, NSW

Brunchilli Jerseys Maurice, Lyn & Dave Boyd

Res Champion Cow Sydney Royal Show 2009 Res Champion Cow IDW 2008 Dam: Mandrake Noelene Ex - 4x Sydney Royal Champion Daughters by: Whistler, Juno, Minister, Imperial and Jade Due in August to Tequila Grand Prix sons avalable.

Owned with R&J Easterbrook

Intermediate & Grand Champion IDW 2009 Great Northern Challenge Winner 2009 Daughter: Rivendell Jade Eileen - Supreme Junior Sydney Royal 2011 Dam: Extreme EX, Next Dam: Barber VG Due in October to Jade Storm Brunchilli Brothers available by; Governor & Bowtie

Brunchilli Sambo

Vision Ex 92

Brunchilli Sambo Senior Champion Cow Sydney Royal 2007 Champion Cow Nowra Show 2007 4 lactations over 7500L Dam: Trader Doc EX 2nd Dam: Juno Officer VG Comerica son purchased in ‘Golden Legacy sale’ by Shirlin Jerseys

Photos: Ross Easterbrook, Artwork: Hayley Menzies

Rivendell Jerseys Stew & Hayley Menzies

251 Jindy Andy Lane, Nowra, NSW

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2011 GMJBC CALF SHOW Judge for Handlers Classes: Mr. Tim Weller • Judge for Calf Classes: Mr. Jim Parker Ring Steward: Mr. Richard Maloney Goulburn Murray Jersey Breeders Club Tim Weller and Dr Phil Hentschke led a small committing to our youth by involving local but enthusiastic group of Junior Handlers (and Schools as well as members families with their parents) through the basics of preparing the aim of encouraging these young people both yourself and your animal. Tim gave a to become involved in our dairy industry and clipping demonstration and also guided the to instil a love of Jerseys. juniors on how to parade and display your Thankyou to the following Major Sponsors of animal in the Showring. the GMJBC Handlers Course and Calf Show. Phil gave the juniors a memorable lesson on

Love is...

Murray Dairy; NCDEA (National Council for Dairy Education Australia); James Stockfeed & Fert. P/L; Tatura Milk; Semex, Central Sires Coop, IAEA, and Maurice McNamara &Co.

the physical parts of the animal leading up to “How to select the animal you wish to show. Full Results available on the Jersey Australia website www.jersey.com.au go to show results page.

SENIOR HANDLER Elizabeth Lewis

JUNIOR CHAMPION HEIFER Homelands Comerica Silvermine 2

RESERVE CHAMPION HEIFER Homelands Astound Silvermine

JUNIOR HANDLER 1st Sam Lewis

RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION HEIFER Homelands Excavate Sarah

SUPREME CHAMPION HEIFER Darryn Vale Marshal Junette

JUDGES ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD Billy Michael

SENIOR CHAMPION HEIFER Darryn Vale Marshal Junette

RESERVE SUPREME CHAMPION HEIFER Homelands Comerica Silvermine 2

The Goulburn Murray Jersey Breeders club wish to congratulate Dick & Lyla Maloney on their 60th wedding anniversary. They were married on 7th April 1951, at Korumburra.

u t g l a a r t i o n ns o C

Also a big congratulations to Rohan & Claire Sprunt on the birth of their second daughter Jorja Rose

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CDJBC JERSEY FIELD DAY By Kerrie McGarvie When you are on a good thing stick to it they say. But what do you do when you are on a good thing, something that can improve other people’s lives and you want to share that the best way you can? How do you get the attention of the non believers?

Late in April the Colac and Western Districts Jersey Clubs’ combined efforts to try to do just that. They ran a field day at Eric and Natasha Wagner’s 400 + cow farm at Jancourt East, in Western Victoria. You may remember the couple and their young family from a spot in the Weekly Times last year. When Eric’s sharefarmer left, after 40 years of Holsteins he did the unthinkable-he bought Jerseys.

The setting was ideal. The farm was beautifully presented. With a rotary dairy already in use, a new mixer wagon and feed pad nearing completion, things were clearly on the up for the Wagners.It wasn’t surprising the hear Eric declare his passion for farming had returned since introducing Jerseys to their farm, it was quite apparent already. Erics’ admiration for the breed has only increased, and they now plan to milk an all Jersey 500 cow herd in the near future. Now at age 55, Eric said he was ‘excited about the future’.

What higher recommendation could you get? If that wasn’t enough, even Erics’ farm advisor, that assesses the farm each month lamented to Eric he’d wished he had gone straight Jersey on his own farm, instead of dabbling in cross breeding, after seeing Eric’s figures.

Whilst as an organisation we are busy finding ways to get the message across-feed conversion, production figures, calving ease, health traits, eco friendliness, longevity, work load, pedigrees and pathways-maybe the issue is that simple?

Jerseys make you happy.

Are we getting that across though? The day at Wagners was very successful in highlighting time and time again all the qualities that the Jersey breed offers. By the time Eric, Rosemary Roache, and Lisa Jacobs had made presentations

Natasha Wagner, showing us her rubber neck calf id ‘s.

Eric Wagner field day host. on their respective experiences, added to by other successful farmers in the audience, it was abundantly clear. But the majority of people there had Jerseys. They already knew those things.

It was pleasing to see some new faces there however , such as Mick Ryan, and his father in law and brother in law Cyril and Sander. Farming in the Ayreford area, Mick was the one responsible for stirring the Jersey interest at home. Micks’ enthusiasm came from working on a Jersey farm, and more recently buying heifers at The Western District Spectacular Jersey sale. He said he was very keen to get more Jerseys on to the home farm, where they hoped to increase the size of the herd.

Graeme Gillan from Alta Genetics attended the day and thought the issues raised made for compelling economic reasons for milking Jerseys.

‘The concept certainly had merit as the Wagners made the change on sound principles for their operation and had some points that would be relevant to most dairymen.

How to get that across to commercial dairy farmers and potentially see them make some changes in their herd composition?’ he said.

Graeme is keen to see an overall approach, where the Jersey message is supported by stock availability and breeding advice to anyone that decided ‘to dip his toe’ in the water. Identifying the best commercial operators in the breed via industry competitions and highlighting

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the role Jerseys play is also an added avenue for promotion.

Lisa Jacobs’ comments also alluded to unexpected Jersey pleasures, this time from the farm owner. ‘We have share farmed on three different properties and all were Holsteins prior to our arrival. At interviews we always discuss the differences in the breeds and a part of our resume is our profit and loss statement. This shows our farm owners what we spend or don’t spend money on. We have never had an issue about bringing Jerseys to any farm. Our current owner loves them, he quite often comments on how little issues we have , the money we don’t spend , and is happy with the milk cheques’ she said.

Rosemary and Pat Roaches experiences from a mixed herd had left Rosemary quite proud of the breed. ‘Now I can say it’s a personal choice (wether to go Jersey or Holstein). In the old days the Jersey was not an alternative, but today she is. We milked both breeds and liked both, but the Jerseys were more profitable’ she said. Both Rosemary and Eric concluded that whilst a one off higher price for a chopper or bobby calf might seem appealing, it did not make up for the losses resulting from still births and paralysis caused through difficult calvings .Eric added he was no longer interested in the middle of the night calving duties, and was keen to see the easy calving Jerseys completely replace the Holsteins all together.

Rosemary had an extensive list of advantages, and included everything from reduced dairy power costs to export demand, farmer health/ workload and components and milk payments to fertility and pugging. Again, making some very compelling reading.

Comments from the floor also highlighted the need for a better understanding of milk pricing, and called for increased payment for butterfat.

The clubs’ tried a different way of publicity for the day, this time via their milk factories as well as the usual print and electronic media.

The Jersey faithful were again in the majority of those who attended, the question remains-how do you get the attention of the non believers?

NEW CLASSIFICATION COORDINATOR seeks assessors who like people. By Michael Porteus

JERSEY Australia’s new Classification Coordinator Brendon Nicholson wants to expand the classification panel and develop a regional timetable to meet breeders’ requests.

Brendon is seeking to double the number of classification field days to coordinate assessment criteria, and publish a handbook to explain classification farm visits to breeders.

He says the part-time Jersey classifiers could wear uniforms to help professionalise their service.

They could work in teams to classify large herds.

But he rejects suggestions that Jerseys should be assessed by another breed’s full-time classifiers.

He says Jersey classifiers have to like meeting people, and be good communicators as well as expert assessors.

Brendon praises the work of previous coordinators, but wants his term in the job to be much shorter.

He says it’s rewarding to be a classifier and travel around Australia meeting enthusiastic breeders.

And he’s looking for four or five more people of any age who can join the panel.

How Brendon became a classifier

Brendon is aged 36 and has been classifying for 14 years.

He works on a family-operated Jersey stud at Girgarre in northern Victoria which milks about 500 cows.

His passion for visually-assessment developed from age 14 when he attended Jersey and all-breed youth camps.

“My older brother had become a classifier a couple of years before me, and the classification coordinator at the time Jim Parker rang me up and asked if I might come to a classification field day,” Brendon says.

“He took me under his wing and really helped me through.

“He was probably the biggest influence on me becoming a classifier, and how I classify.”

Brendon would like to offer similar

encouragement to new classifiers.

Interested people should contact

him or Jersey Australia.

The panel now has eight or nine classifiers. Brendon says they need 12 to 14, and could have greater percentage of female classifiers.

“It’s a great job to take on,” he says. “It’s a great opportunity to travel and meet new people, as well as seeing other farmers’ cows.”

He would like to have two field days per year where classifiers meet and go through some cows together to coordinate standards.

“The field days are also an opportunity to bring new people in and buddy them through the system,” he says.

“Once they’ve done a few classification field days and show a bit of promise, they do a tour with a classifier.

“If they go through that all right, they go on to the panel.”

The Holstein society has full-time professional classifiers.

But all the people on the Jersey classification panel are farmers who do two or three weeks a year of classifying.

Brendon says this has plusses and minuses.

“The disadvantage is that it’s sometimes a little hard to be exactly where you want to be on a certain day,” he says.

“The advantage is that the people who are coming to assess your cows are people who breed and milk cows for a living.

“I think they are more in touch with what the breeders themselves want.”

Why breeders should classify Brendon says there are a lot of reasons for breeders to have independent assessment of their cows.

He says all breeders can catch ‘breeders disease’.

“We have rose-coloured glasses, and we see our cows as better than what some of them are,” he says.

“So it’s great to have someone come in and assess the good points and the bad points of a cow.

“That’s a great record if you want to promote or sell your cows later on.”

He says there should be national uniformity in classifications so all breeders have the same benchmarks.

“It’s also a great opportunity to use what we term ‘corrective mating’.

“You identify the faults in the cow, and you find a bull that improves those areas.”

Brendon says breeders can have genomics tests and ASI and PI figures.

“But you’ve still got to have a picture of a cow.

“Just because the numbers say something should come out, it doesn’t mean that it will.”

He believes more field days would help fast-track new up-and- coming classifiers into the system.

“The idea of the ‘class’ field days is that all the classifiers will go and do the same group of twenty cows,” he says.

“There’ll be a lot of variation on one or two cows.

“We’ll have a good argument about where we should be on those cows.

“But we make a decision about where we need to be.

“That’s what you’ve got to stick with when you get out in the field.

“It’s really important to get a

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really even adjudication of what cows are.

“So when someone reads it on a pedigree, and sees what the cow scored, they can draw a bit of picture of what that cow is.”

Brendon says the panel is working on a classification handbook to distribute to breeders.

“This is so they know what to expect when we arrive – what we are looking for, and what the day will entail.

“I’d like to get some sort of set schedule so breeders know within six or eight weeks when a classifier will be in their area.”

The panel is considering bringing in classifier uniforms, so Jersey classifiers look similar when they arrive on a farm.

But Brendon rejects any suggestion that the professional Holstein classifiers should also do Jersey herds.

“I don’t see the point in handing one of the most important aspects of your breed development to your opposition.

“We’re competing with the Holstein breed for a spot in the dairy industry.

“I don’t see anyone else in any industry anywhere in the world handing over one of their most important tools in developing their business to their opposition.

“It’s very important that it stays within our breed, and with our breeders classifying.”

Dairyness is the top trait

that width in their front end,” he says.

“That’s a trait that we need to really identify and work on as we are out in the field.”

Brendon says a role of the classification panel is to identify areas where the breed needs attention.

“As the breed evolves, you are going to pick up where faults are becoming more prevalent, and bring them into your systems.”

He says Jerseys may have been getting a little bit finer over the past few years.

“But when you are breeding dairy cattle, fineness and dairyness go together.

“Heaviness and non-dairyness go together too.

“So it’s a very fine line. You’ve just got to try to find that balance between a cow being dairy enough, and a cow having enough substance to be able to look after herself.”

Classification itself has had to adjust to rising Jersey yield.

“If a cow is doing 8-9000 litres instead of five or six, the package that that milk is in has got to be bigger,” Brendon says.

“We certainly do give a little more leeway to udder depth now than we did ten years ago.”

How we get better Jerseys

Brendon says there is no doubt that the Australian Jersey herd has got better, and is continuing to improve.

“We are getting a much more consistently good cow,” he says.

Brendon says dairyness is the most important trait a classifier needs to identify when he or she first looks at a cow.

“If a cow is not dairy enough – if she doesn’t look like she’s going to give enough milk – we can’t be giving that cow points.”

Udder traits are the next most important: “They are probably the most important part of the cow for her longevity, and giving a high volume of milk over a long period of time.”

He also gives priority to cows’ front ends.

“We are tending to see more and more cows that are getting what we would term finer in front, or lacking

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“When I first started classifying 14 years ago, you saw good cows, you saw some average cows, and you saw some bad cows.

“Now you are seeing very few cows that you would describe as ‘undairy’ or ‘not dairy enough’.

“So we’ve generally added a lot more production into our cows.”

He hopes quality can continue to improve. This is a main aim of the classification panel.

“If we score the heifers correctly, that helps identify the right bulls,” he says.

“If we can identify the right bulls to use, then we should be able to get a more consistent cow.

“The whole system works towards that aim.”

Brendon agrees that genomics – pinpointing genes associated with profitable traits – also aims for this, and will help narrow the optimum spread of bulls.

“But at the end of the day, you’ve still got to look at the cow, and be able to identify what the end result is,” he says.

“One of the most rewarding parts of being a classifier is going on farm with people that are enthusiastic about cows.

“You get there, and they want to quiz you about what you’ve seen, and what you think of this, and what you think of that.

“People who take on classifying have to be people who like to communicate.

“You have got to be a people person as well.”

REECE ATTENBOROUGH - ATTAVIEW JERSEYS

By Linda Houghton The Attenborough’s run a commercial herd of 170 cows in Poowong, South Gippsland, Victoria. While the majority are Holstein, Reece’s Attaview Jersey Stud herd of 15 – 20 milking Jerseys are included. In his early years although enjoying work on the farm, Reece did not consider it as his future career - until about the age of 14 through helping and attending shows with Cousin Luke Wallace of Wallacedale Jerseys. ‘Over time, it soon became apparent that working with cows and dairying was the right career for me. Through the shows and starting to take an interest in helping out on the home farm more and more, it didn’t take long to realise dairying was what I enjoyed most.’ Reece said.

Reece credits his early interest in the jersey breed to helping out on the Wallacedale farm. Through this relationship Reece soon saw the benefits of the jersey cow. “Jerseys are easy to handle and are durable. Being a smaller cow they handle our slightly steeper terrain with more ease and cope with the heat better than the larger breeds. Also they obtain advantages in reproduction, feed conversion and temperament”.

“Living only 1km apart I have been lucky to have Cliff, Marieka, Luke and Melanie living so close. Luke has certainly taught me a lot and now that I am building up my own herd its great being able to bounce ideas off one another”. It was through this work with Wallaces that Reece got his start on his own herd. Reece now has various members of the Melaine cow family which all originate back to one cow he received as payment now over 10 years ago which made for a great foundation. “Now I own a few cows in partnership with Luke, so that’s another interest to build on in the future” Reece said. The Fernleafs, Belles and Kaarmona Babe cow families are also apart of the Attaview herd. Herd favourites at present are Attenvale Jace Melaine Ex91 and Wallacedale Acting Belle VG87 @2yrs (owned with Wallacedale).

‘I grew up with Holsteins and I admire them – I can see merit in both breeds.

The exciting thing about the Jerseys is the popularity and progress of the breed in recent years; they have got a promising future ahead. Australian jerseys genetics are really starting to take off not only domestically but also overseas”.

Reece’s parents Ted and Annie have dairy-farmed at their Poowong property for 40 years, and while supportive of his choice to be a dairyfarmer, they also encouraged him to further his education and obtain a qualification after completing Year 12.

‘I looked into an agricultural science course before deciding on the Advanced Diploma in Agriculture (Dairying) at McMillan in Warragul, as it offered a more practical application of dairy management skills. It also offered six farm placements to gain exposure to a range of operations from high input, to low input, from registered stud herds, to purely commercial operations, and also farms utilising a more organic approach to farming. The course also included a valuable module on financial management, which is essential to managing a farm effectively.’ Reece said.

After finishing his studies in 2007 Reece travelled to Canada during the spring/ summer season. Through industry contacts Reece made his way to ‘Rocky Mountain Holsteins’ in Calgary, Alberta. This is considered one of the elite farms of western Canada. Although

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only milking 40 cows, focus was on flushing and providing high quality genetics to breeders on a global scale.

This was a great learning experience as to how cattle are housed and managed in Canada as well as their milk quota system.

‘Through this experience and the contacts I made in 2007, I had the opportunity to return June 2009. For the next 12 months I worked at Rapid Bay Jersey Stud, in Ormstown, Quebec.

This gave me the chance to work closely with the owner (Steve Borland) to manage the 40 milk cows and 100 head of dry stock. A great experience while there was going with the Rapid Bay team to the Royal Winter Fair; where Rapid Bay won 4 In-Milk Classes, the Reserve Intermediate Champion, Senior Champion, Grand Champion and also the Supreme Championship.

The cow that won Supreme Champion (all breeds) was Vandenburg Amedeo Gorgeous Ex 97 3E. She is the only Jersey to win this award, and this was her second win of this distinguished title! It was very exciting to be there

and to participate in such a great show.

After leaving Canada I spent some time touring around Europe with highlights being the Royal Highland Show in Scotland, farm tours in Italy and visiting Jersey Island the home of the breed.

‘The social aspect of showing is a real plus, it offers a good chance to network and catch up with friends, while also seeing lots of great cows. I feel the same way about travelling, and through working overseas I have made some great friends all over the world.

‘Going to the shows is a great way of marketing your cattle. However, the OnFarm Challenge is a great competition.

Evaluating cows on farm in their working environment is unique. I appreciate the structure of the categories and scoring – the fine detail is descriptive and captures the individual attributes of each cow.’

Reece now works fulltime on the home farm, in a farm manager role. Reece and his father work closely together.

‘My parents have been really supportive and patient while I studied and travelled

overseas’ before settling down to work on the home farm. ‘Now, my long-term aspiration is to work hard and move through a progressive succession plan to eventually take over the home farm, inclusive of the Holstein herd. I have an older brother and a younger sister to think about as well, perhaps a partnership in the future is possible.

I will continue building a herd balanced for type and production which will be achieved through strategic breeding and selective purchases’. Correct feet and legs, capacity and quality udders are all important traits to Reece.

When not working hard on the family farm, Reece enjoys following the AFL, and has enjoyed playing sport over the years – noting that it becomes more difficult to find the time when farming.

‘Playing sport has taken a bit of a backseat to farming, but I still try to participate when I can.’ Reece said.

‘Looking forward, I hope to continue to build my herd and work hard to secure a future in dairy industry.

NORTHERN LIGHTS SALE 2011

The Legacy Will continue...

The sale was once again a great success, with an overall average of $3116, the top price being $8000. This is a very encouraging result for the Jersey breed and the industry.

Cattle sold to various parts of Victoria, NSW and South Australia. Thank you for your attendance and competitive bidding.

We wish to thank the Nicholson Family for the use of their facilities, it is much appreciated and we especially acknowledge the huge contribution of Pat, our sale Manager.

We would also like to offer our sincerely thanks to all our sponsors, and encourage our members to support them whenever possible.

Semex, Agri-Gene, CRV Australia, Central Sires, ABS, WWS, Jersey Australia, Ian Chappel Transport,Taylor Made Cows, Northern Herd Development, Murrels Agriculture Consultants, , Wellbred Genetics, Genetics Australia, Shepparton Printing, Southern Stockfeeds, Echuca Town and Country, ALTA Genetics Australia, NAB Shepparton and Fonterra.

Our fitters we thank you for the generous giving of your time, Glen Gordon, Jon Pearce, Gavin Broad, Tahnee King, Liam Radford, Ben Padretti and Courtney Buchanan. The sale couldn’t run without your expert help.

The Northern Lights Sale will be held next year on April 27th, yes that’s right the date has been set for 2012, so start looking at your pedigree’s and mark the date in your diaries.

Sale Manager President Secretary

We look forward to seeing you next year.

Pat Nicholson Bill Cochrane Lisa Broad

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NORTHERN LIGHTS TOPS $8000 A huge crowd of Jersey enthusiasts were at Jugiong Jersey farm for the 5th Annual Northern Lights Sale. Sale top of $8000.00 was paid by Nicholson Family for Craigielea Avery Silky EX91, this rising 4

Craigielea Avery Silky EX91 year old was backed by many generations of EX dams and sold a/c W & K Cochrane of Rochester.

Next best price of $6250.00 was paid for Meldan Brookbi Babe 2 EX92, this young cow had produced over 8200 litres, she sold a/c Dalbora Genetics of Tennyson to Jackiah Jerseys of Larpent. Many breeders were full of praise for Broadlin Noella 2623 a VG88 2 year old by Flowerpower sold a/c L & L Broad of Lockington at $5300.00 to A & J Carson of Irrewillipe.

The Nicholsons sold the 7844 litres 5 year old Jugiong Narcissus 5250 EX 91 for $5000.00 to R Salter of Kerang. Top selling joined heifer was Jugiong Molly 5988, a top heifer by Astound selling to G Bryce of Nullawarre at $4500.00 Top unjoined heifer at $3300.00 was Bralock Comerica Merle, backed by 2 EX 92 dams, she sold to J Hayes and R Wilson of Jamberoo NSW from Brad Gavenlock of Berry NSW. Semen of Lester Sambo sold for $300.00 per straw.

Selling Agents Dairy Livestock Services report the following averages: 21 Cows 14 Joined Heifers 4 Unjoined Heifers 2 Embryo Packages 41 Jerseys

Ave $3402 Ave $2746 Ave $2650 Ave $3975 Gross $128450 Ave $3133

KAARMONA SILVER EDITION SALE SUNNYCREST DISPERSAL TOPS $13,000 The most respected high production Sunnycrest Jersey Stud was dispersed in January following the sale of vendors Peter & Franca Singleton’s property at Deervale via Dorrigo, NSW. Sale top of $13,000 was paid for Sunnycrest Rocket A Jessie, this top 3 year old was by OF Barber Rocket from an Astound dam from the Echo-Glen Jessie family. She was purchased by Scott Whitten & Family of Inspiration Jerseys at Tamworth. These buyers were very strong throughout the sale and purchased many of the top lots including Sunnycrest Barber B Selly, twice over 8,000 litres, bred from Fleurieu Selly family at $10,000 and her 4 month old Governor daughter at $8,600 Sunnycrest Montana Poppy a 9,429 litre 6 year old by Jace at $8,600. Sunnycrest Bishop Poppy at $8,500, Sunnycrest Selby RB Selly at $8,000 and Sunnycrest Astound Selly 2 a yearling heifer at $8,000.

Local buyers were strong including I & S Corle of Dorrigo who selected several lots including Sunnycrest Country H Mana 2, a 2 year old in milk sired by BW Country from a Hallmark dam at $7,100 and Sunnycrest Maximum HP Sally at $7,000.

Selling agents Dairy Livestock Services report the following details: 84 Cows 26 Joined heifers 19 Unjoined heifers 46 Heifers born 2010 1 Bull at 176 Jerseys

$3,908 AU$2,217 AU$1,358 AU$1,388 $2,400 Gross $478,000 AU$2,716

A top price of $21,100 was reached at the Kaarmona Silver Edition Sale. This is the highest price paid for a jersey cow in some 30 years with the record price of $34,000 paid back in 1981. The sale topper was Kaarmona Parade Marie 67 VG 88 (max), she had placed 2nd 2years in milk at the 2011 IDW while her grand dam Brunette Brock Marie Ex 92 was lot in milk at IDW 99,00 and Reserve Champion cow in 2006.

She was purchased by Rye Valley Jerseys of Roger and Helen Perrett at Kongwak.

Next top of $5,800 was the rising yearling Kaarmona Action Marie 74 backed by 3 generations of Ex 92 dams. She sold to John Rueside of Timboon. Kaarmona Parade Hattie 7 a rising yearling backed by the USA Rebob Hattie family sold at $5,200 to Saunders & Day of Shady Creek.

The classy yearling Kaarmona Legion Noella 2nd ET backed by 6 generations of Ex sold for $5,200 to Brookbora Jerseys of Tennyson. Coolibah Dairies of Nathalia purchased the yearling Kaarmona Fantom Charo 3 backed by the Babes Lad Charo (USA) family at $5,000.

Selling Agents Dairy Livestock Services report the following details; 8 cows 6 Joined heifers 10 Unjoined heifers 1 Embryo package 25 Jerseys gross of

AU$5,975 AU$3,700 AU$3,920 $3,000 $112,200 AU$ 4,488

The Sprunt family also sold Holsteins at this sale to average $4,215. The Jersey average is the 2nd highest ever single vendor sale average in the Jersey Breed.

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2011 SYDNEY ROYAL EASTER SHOW RESULTS Judge: Mr. Dan Carroll, Navasota, Texas, USA Heifer, over 6 & not over 12mths.

1 BRUNCHILLI FARMING TRUST BRUNCHILLI ICON REBECCA 2 WILSON FAMILY SHIRLINN T BONE JESSIE 3 L MICALLEF & J SMART TABANDU MINISTER SHAMROCK (ET)

Female, 2yr 4 mths & under 2yrs 8 mths, in milk.

1 BRUNCHILLI FARMING TRUST BRUNCHILLI JULIAN VITA 2 WILSON FAMILY SHIRLINN CONNECTION PRISCILLA 3 ADAM FORBES CEDAR VALE BENI FLOSS

Heifer, over 12 & not over 18mths.

1 STEWART & HAYLEY MENZIES RIVENDELL JADE EILEEN 2 TIM WILSON AVON VALLEY BLACKSTONE CAROL 3 BRUNCHILLI FARMING TRUST BRUNCHILLI REGAN LORETTA

Female, 2yr 8 mths & not over 3yrs, in milk.

1 STEWART & HAYLEY MENZIES BRUNCHILLI OUT MECCA 2 WILSON FAMILY SHIRLINN DB STEPHANIE 3 MARK & ROBERT WILSON BURNSIDE BELMONT DULCIE

Heifer, over 18mths and not over 2yrs.

1 BICKERSTAFF, WARNES & WALSH MATINEE ASTOUND CRYSTAL 2 WILSON FAMILY SHIRLINN GOVERNOR MELYS 3 MARK & ROBERT WILSON JAMBER LADY GAGA

BEST JUNIOR UDDER STEWART & HAYLEY MENZIES BRUNCHILLI OUT MECCA

JUVENILE CHAMPION FEMALE STEWART & HAYLEY MENZIES RIVENDELL JADE EILEEN Sire: Giprat Belles Jade Dam: Brunchilli Sambo Eileen 3 RESERVE JUVENILE CHAMPION FEMALE BRUNCHILLI FARMING TRUST BRUNCHILLI ICON REBECCA Sire: Ferns Fashion Icon Dam: Brunchilli Flower Rebecca

JUNIOR CHAMPION FEMALE STEWART & HAYLEY MENZIES BRUNCHILLI OUT MECCA Sire: Yellow Briar Heaths Guapo Dam: Brunchilli VIS Mecca RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION FEMALE WILSON FAMILY SHIRLINN DREAM MOYA Sire: Gold Label Dream Boy Dam: Shirlinn PB Moya

Junior Champion Female At Sydney 2011, With Hayley Menzies, Nowra , NSW, and Stephanie Tarlinton, Cobargo, NSW.

Senior Champion Cow with Hayley Menzies, Nowra, NSW and Lucy Coward, National Foods, NSW And Jason Sutherland , International Animal Health, Bowral ,NSW,At Sydney 2011.

HONOURABLE MENTION WILSON FAMILY SHIRLINN T BONE JESSIE Sire: Richies Jace T Bone Dam: Shirlinn Jasper Jessie Female, over 2 and not over 3yrs, in calf, dry.

1 JOHN QUIN ORANA SENSATIONAL SUNSHINE Female, under 2yrs 4 mths, in milk.

1 WILSON & FAMILY SHIRLINN DREAM MOYA 2 ROBERT & SANDRA BROWN FOXTON CONNECTION CAROL 3 JOHN QUIN ORANA CONNECT OPAL

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Pen Of 3 Cows Being Judged At Sydney Show 2011.

HONOURABLE MENTION ROBERT & SANDRA BROWN FOXTON CONNECTION CAROL Sire: Foxton Keryls Connection Dam: Siesta Mals Carol 7th

Three Females, not necessarily by the one sire, not over 3yrs, owned by the Exhibitor.

1 WILSON FAMILY 2 ROBERT & SANDRA BROWN 3 JOHN QUIN Female, over 3yrs, in calf, dry.

1 JOHN QUIN ORANA HALLMARK ILAGAY4 Production Winner 2 JOHN RITTER MIRBOO ASTOUND LEANNE

Reserve Champion Cow At Sydney Show 2011 , With Lucy Coward , National Foods, And Jason Chesworth, Aberdeen, NSW.

Female, over 3 and not over 4yrs, in milk.

1 STEWART & HAYLEY MENZIES BRUNCHILLI COUNTRY EILEEN 2 BRUNCHILLI FARMING TRUST BRUNCHILLI JS BUBBLES Production Winner 3 WILSON FAMILY SHIRLINN BADGER WREN Female, over 4 & not over 5yrs, in milk.

1 MARK & ROBERT WILSON JAMBER JADE LADY 2 GAVENLOCK & POLSON GOLD LABEL DAYDREAM Production Winner 3 BRAD GAVENLOCK BRALOCK COUNTRY MERLE (BJ1 25)

Ted Sedgewick, Bowral, NSW and Hayley Menzies, Nowra, NSW with the Interbreed Champion Juvenile Heifer at Sydney Show 2011.

Female, over 5 & not over 6yrs, in milk.

1 JOHN QUIN ORANA SULTAN MEMORY 2 WILSON & FAMILY INGALALA CONNECTION DREAM 3 BRUNCHILLI FARMING TRUST BRUNCHILLI R MECCA Production Winner

Female, over 6yrs, in milk.

1 STEWART & HAYLEY MENZIES BRUNCHILLI SAMBO TAMMY 2 ROBERT & SANDRA BROWN FOXTON POWER PAM 3 BRUNCHILLI FARMING TRUST BRUNCHILLI BC EILEEN Production Winner BEST SENIOR UDDER STEWART & HAYLEY MENZIES BRUNCHILLI SAMBO TAMMY Three females, any age, not necessarily by the one sire.

1 STEWART & HAYLEY MENZIES 2 BRUNCHILLI FARMING TRUST 3 WILSON FAMILY Dam’s Progeny Group 1 BRUNCHILLI FARMING TRUST BRUNCHILLI BC EILEEN 2 ROBERT & SANDRA BROWN ROWANTREE POTENT PAM 3 WILSON FAMILY SHIRLINN MALCOLMS PRISCILLA Five Females, any age.

1 BRUNCHILLI FARMING TRUST 2 WILSON FAMILY 3 ROBERT & SANDRA BROWN SENIOR CHAMPION FEMALE STEWART & HAYLEY MENZIES BRUNCHILLI SAMBO TAMMY Sire: Lester Sambo Dam: Brunchilli Jades Tammy RESERVE SENIOR CHAMPION FEMALE MARK & ROBERT WILSON JAMBER JADE LADY Sire: Giprat Belles Jade Dam: Miami Elmo Lady 14th HONOURABLE MENTION GAVENLOCK & POLSON GOLD LABEL DAYDREAM Sire: Fleurieu Augustus Dam: Jugiong Daydream 4235 MOST SUCCESSFUL JERSEY BREEDER BRUNCHILLI FARMING TRUST

Juvenile Champion With Runner Up Miss Show Girl Stephanie Tarlinton, Cobargo, NSW And Hayley Menzies , Nowra , NSW At Sydney Show 2011.

MOST SUCCESSFUL JERSEY EXHIBITOR STEWART & HAYLEY MENZIES SUPREME JUVENILE CHAMPION DAIRY FEMALE STEWART & HAYLEY MENZIES RIVENDELL JADE EILEEN

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OFFICE MATTERS

By Office Manager Lorraine Keating

Hi All Encounter with Jerseys – 2011 AGM WOW!!! It was absolutely fantastic!

Beautiful countryside, great herds, friendly people (except for the one who threatened to lay spikes across the road to stop the Victorians from coming – nice one Peter!).

We had the Heifer Competition which was judged by an overseas judge for the first time (that’d be Geoff from Tassie).

Visited wineries, a horseradish farm (have become addicted), Alexandrina Cheese Co., a fish tag company (sounds weird but I can see potential for use in the dairy industry), and the mouth of the Murray.

Congratulations and thank you to the Mt Compass Jersey Cattle Club for a very enjoyable conference.

Massive thank you to Rebekah McCaul who is an absolute dynamo and never lost her cool no matter what was thrown at her. Added to this she only had 11 weeks to go before her baby was due – very impressive (bit scary actually, from where

does that energy come??)

Mark your diary for next year – May 28, 29, 30 & 31 – in Gippsland to mark the cattle club’s 100th anniversary.

Classifications Doesn’t it come around again so quickly?

The Classifiers are out on the road and as usual things have not run quite to plan.

Spare a thought for Roger Heath who was booked to do Tasmania and thought he and Amanda could make a weekend of it.

They went down on Friday 10th June and were due back on the Sunday. We didn’t take into account the volcano in Chile and they were stuck there until Wednesday.

Peter Ness has booked his tour for central NSW but, when I watched the news this morning, it turns out that most of the area he is doing is underwater! (Note: Snorkel & fins to be included in Classifier’s case) Straight From the Horse’s Mouth You might want to consider your attire when the kids ask you to give them a hand

with moving stock. One of our members gave in to her kids’ demands and stomped out in her old boots (including holes in the soles) and daggy trackie pants only to have to wade through water in the underpass and then chase a heifer up the highway. She was just glad that there wasn’t much traffic on the road.

Well, I can’t think of anything else to say.

I’ve got a rotten head cold and my brain is definitely not working properly – not that anyone in here cares, they just think I’m whining (a little sympathy wouldn’t go astray you know). Anyway, ‘til next time.

Catch ya” Lorraine

Inspire Suzanne IMP ET Ex 91 5585 3.7 206 4.4 248

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6633 3.6 239 4.5 300

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4th place Jersey Australia Futurity IDW 2011

Suzanne has thrown to the strength of the cow family behind her.

Sire Altawhiskey Dam BW Avery Suzanne Ex 90 24100lbs 3.3 797 5.0 1195 G Dam BW Berretta Prize G525 Ex 92 25570lbs 3.7 936 4.0 1014 Sister BW Centurion Peggy K798 Ex92 25500lbs 3.3 833 5.2 1327 Sister BW Golden Zoe GP 88 27300 3.7 1018 4.5 1232

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Brother BW Fastrack. recently genome tested 792 CM$ 720 NM$ +80F +46P +977M +GPTAT2.3 +JUI 7.34 SUZANNE’S SON, Inspire Celeb Sunny, is going to Semex.

INSPIRE JERSEYS Chris Mackenzie & Roger Heath

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Adadale Jerseys & Holsteins Continues our Complete Domination at Queensland’s Richest Show—Gympie 2011

Adadale Sambo Petra 2 Champion Jersey Cow 2011 Best Udder 2011 Reserve Champion Cow 2010 to her herdmate Adadale Berretta Rowena 4 Best Udder 2010 Daughter of Adadale T.B Petra 2 3 times Champion Brisbane Royal

Also: Adadale Curtsey Rowena Supreme Intermediate 2011 She lead the Supreme Pen of 3 Heifers The Rowena dynasty continues on at Adadale with 35 years of Rowena Champions, surely one of Australia’s elite cow families Our Holstein, Adadale Talent Champagne—Supreme Cow 2011, Supreme Udder 2011, she was also Supreme Cow and Supreme Udder in 2010

Brunchilli BRC Passion (left) Daughter of Brunchilli Jetson Passion, Supreme Champion Sydney Royal

We feel privileged to own this developing superstar and are all excited about her future.

Supreme Champion Intermediate 2010 Supreme Champion Juvenile 2009

Adadale Iatola Primrose (right) Reserve Intermediate Toowoomba Royal 2010

The 3 cows pictured combined to win All Breeds Pen of 3 Cows, pushing our Holsteins into second

Most Successful Jersey and Holstein Exhibitor

Adadale- Paulger Family- Kenilworth Qld Looking Forward to the Future with Great Confidence!

Thanks to our marvellous crew, Andrew, Brad, Tyler, Crusty, Darren, Adam

Shane, Sharyn, Lachlan, Nicola & Julia • Phone (07) 54460391 • Email: shanepaulger@optusnet.com.au JerseyJournalJune/July 2011 — 29

GYMPIE DISTRICT REGIONAL SHOW RESULTS Judge:- Waylon Barron - Ardylbar Jersey Stud - Cambooya Queensland

GYMPIE SHOWGROUNDS 19th MAY 2011 • JERSEY AUSTRALIA QLD BRANCH CLASS 4007 ENCOURAGEMENT HEIFER UNDER 2 YEARS 1. Grand Dream Broker Rhuminess Todd Brown S: Glen-Echo Broker D: Grand Dream Sunset Rhuminess 2. Glen-Echo Comerica Maiden Todd Brown S: Bridon Remake Comerica D: Lynward Jace Maiden 3. Yandavale Pinnacle Wynne G & V Siebenhausen S: Glen-Echo Golden Pinnacle D:Yandavale Rebel Wynne CLASS 4009 HEIFER 6 MONTHS & UNDER 12 MONTHS DRY 1. Glen-Echo Moonshot Tossa C & C Parker S: Glen-Echo Moonshot D: Glen-Echo GB Tossa 2. Adadale G P Fernleaf Paulger Partners S: Rapid Bay Grand Prix D: J P Beretta Fernleaf 3. Glen-Echo Comerica Maiden Todd Brown S: Bridon Remake Comerica D: Lynward Jace Maiden CLASS 4010 HEIFER 12 MONTHS AND UNDER 18 MONTHS 1. Glen-Echo Ringmaster Darling C & C Parker

S: Family Hill Ringmaster D: Glen –Echo Extreme Darling 2. Rising Sun Minister Charlotte A & L Ward S: Select Scott Minister D: Rising Sun Franklin Charlotte 3. TK Alotado Laura Tom Brook S: River Ridge Alotado D: River Ridge Jeb Laura CLASS 4011 HEIFER 18 MONTHS AND UNDER 2 YEARS DRY 1. Kevindale Blackstone Princess-ET T & J Engle S: Lencrest Blackstone D: Lordon Lester’s Princess 2. Ard. Comerica Emee Paulger Partners S: Comerica D: Ard BJ Emee 3. Bralock Spiritual Merle Brad Gavenlock S: Riverside Spiritual D: Bralock F.P. Merle JUVENILE CHAMPION HEIFER Glen-Echo Ringmaster Darling C & C Parker S: Family Hill Ringmaster D: Glen –Echo Extreme Darling

RESERVE JUVENILE CHAMPION HEIFER Kevindale Blackstone Princess-ET T & J Engle S: Lencrest Blackstone D: Lordon Lester’s Princess CLASS 4012 HEIFER 2 YEARS AND UNDER 2 ½ YEARS DRY 1. Satorie GV Gem’s Astor 2nd G & V Siebenhausen S: Elliots Golden Voltage D: Satorie OIF Astor’s Gem 2. Nambour Rural Jace’s Joy Nambour State High School S: Jace D: Nambour Rural Max’s Joy CLASS 4013 COWS 2 ½ YEARS AND UNDER 3 YEARS DRY Nil Entries CLASS 4014 HEIFER IN MILK UNDER 2 ½ YEARS 1. Glen-Echo Pablo Melissa C & C Parker S: Glen-Echo Pablo D: Glen-Echo Pinnicle Melissia 2. Adadale Sultan Pearl Paulger Partners S: SSF Sultan D: Robin Vale JB Pearl 2 3. River Ridge Moonshot Matilda RA & CA DeVere S: Glen-Echo Moonshot D: River Ridge Wizzbang Matilda CLASS 4015 COW IN MILK 2 ½ YEARS AND UNDER 3 YEARS 1. Adadale Curtsey Rowena Paulger Partners S: Curtsey Duncan Jude D: Adadale Sooner TB Rowena 2. Lynward Duncan Muriel Kevindale Farms S: Highland Duncan Lester D: Glen-Echo Extreme Darling 3. Rising Sun Jeeps Princess A & L Ward S: Kaarmona Jeep D: Rising Sun Judes Princess CLASS 4016 GROUP OF 3 HEIFERS UNDER 3 YEARS 1. Paulger Partners 2. C & C Parker 3. RA & CA DeVere

Res Juvinile Champ - Kevindale Blackstone Princess ET

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CLASS 4017 UDDER UNDER 3 YEARS 1. Rising Sun Jeeps Princess A & L Ward S: Kaarmona Jeep D: Rising Sun Judes Princess

2. Adadale Curtsey Rowena Paulger Partners S: Curtsey Duncan Jude D: Adadale Sooner TB Rowena 3. Lynward Duncan Muriel Kevindale Farms S: Highland Duncan Lester D: Glen-Echo Extreme Darling JUNIOR CHAMPION HEIFER Adadale Curtsey Rowena Paulger Partners S: Curtsey Duncan Jude D: Adadale Sooner TB Rowena RESERVE JUNIOR CHAMPION HEIFER Lynward Duncan Muriel Kevindale Farms S: Highland Duncan Lester D: Glen-Echo Extreme Darling CLASS 4018 COW 3 YEARS AND UNDER 5 YEARS 1. Glen-Echo Jeep Wynne C & C Parker S: Kaarmona Jeep D: Robin Vale Berretta Wynne

Res Champ Cow Glen-Echo Parabel Muriel.

CLASS 4020 COW 3 YEARS AND UNDER 4 YEARS IN MILK 1. Glen-Echo Parabel Muriel C & C Parker S: Glen-Echo Parabel D: Glen-Echo Rebel Muriel 2. Brunchilli BRC Passion Paulger Partners S: Comerica D: Brunchilli Jetson Passion 3. Glen-Echo Jace Nicole Craig Brooks S: Windy Willow Montana Jace D: Glen-Echo GB Nicole CLASS 4021 COW 4 YEARS AND UNDER 5 YEARS IN MILK 1. Adadale Barber Petra 2 Paulger Partners S: Adadale Rowena’s Barber D: Adadale Parade Petra 2 2. Glen-Echo Astound Peach C & C Parker S: Mollybrook Astound D: Glen-Echo Monty Peach 3. Rising Sun Deluxe Dignity A & L Ward S: Elliotts Renaissance Deluxe D: Gleneriffe Skipper Dignity CLASS 4022 COW 5 YEARS AND UNDER 7 YEARS IN MILK 1. Adadale Sambo Petra 2 Paulger Partners S: Lester Sambo D: Adadale TB Petra 2 2. Sunrise Golden Darling A & L Ward S: Golden Boy of Ferreira D: Gleneriffe Perimeter Darling

Res Junior Champ - Lynward Duncan Muriel

3. Robin Vale Jace Muriel A & D Tippett S: Windy Willow Montana Jace D: Robin Vale Jace Muriel

3. Robin Vale PJ Emerald G & V Siebenhausen S: Buffel Vale Promises Jude D: Robin Vale Markers Pearl

CLASS 4023 COW 7 YEARS AND OVER IN MILK 1. River Ridge Rosie RA & CA DeVere S: Jerrick D: River Ridge Ren 2. G Crest Astound Eileen Paulger Partners S: Astound D: Adadale TB Eileen 7

CLASS 4024 PEN OF 3 COWS 1. Paulger Partners 2. C & C Parker 3. RA & CA DeVere CLASS 4025 SIRES PROGENY – 2 HEAD PROGENY OF ONE SIRE 1. RA & CA DeVere _ S: Glen-Echo Asta 2. Paulger Partners – S: Comerica 3. Nambour Rural – S: Avery Max

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CLASS 4026 MATERNALLY RELATEDTO CONSIST OF 2 DAUGHTERS OR 2 GRANDAUGHTERS OF THE ONE DAM OR DAM AND DAUGHTER 1. Adadale Jerseys – Paulger Partners 2. Grand Dream Jerseys – Todd Brown 3. Elmar Jerseys – DW & LJ Paish CLASS 4027 EXHIBITORS GROUP 4 HEAD OF ANY AGE 1. Paulger Partners 2. C & C Parker 3. RA & CA DeVere

CLASS 4028 UDDER 3 YEARS AND OVER 1. Adadale Sultan Pearl Paulger Partners S: SSF Sultan D: Robin Vale JB Pearl 2 2. Glen-Echo Parabel Muriel C & C Parker S: Glen-Echo Parabel D: Glen-Echo Rebel Muriel 3. Brunchilli BRC Passion Paulger Partners S: Comerica D: Brunchilli Jetson Passion

CHAMPION COW Adadale Sambo Petra 2 Paulger Partners S: Lester Sambo D: Adadale TB Petra 2 RESERVE CHAMPION COW Glen-Echo Parabel Muriel C & C Parker S: Glen-Echo Parabel D: Glen-Echo Rebel Muriel

TOOWOOMBA SHOW RESULTS

JUDGE: JEFF PARKER

6 – 12 mths 1. Ascot Park Gannons Beauty 3 S & J McCarthy 2. Wytara Comerica Jay Jay – I & T Brown 3. Ascot Park Blackstones Forgetmenot S & J McCarthy

CHAMPION HEIFER FARMLANDS SIGNATURE DIXIE C PARKER RESERVE HEIFER ASCOT PARK BLAIRS BEAUTY 2 S & J McCARTHY

12 – 18 mths 1. Braeburn Get- Smart Dairymaid R & R Verrall 2. Braeburn Freeagent Melys – R & R Verrall 3. MacLeigh Fidels Elaine – M McCarthy

H/MENTION BUSHLEA RASMUS FERNLEAF 3 S & J McCARTHY Most Successful Exhibitor – S & J McCarthy

H/MENTION KATHLEIGH BIESTAR TWINKLE A & C KATH

INTERBREED AWARDS

18 – 24 mths 1. Braeburn MBF Melys – R & R Verrall 2. Ardylbar Comerica Fairy – Wenzel & King 3. Brookridge Sultan Lori – R Huth CHAMPION JUVELILE BRAEBURN MBF MELYS – R & R VERRALL RESERVE JUVELILE BRAEBURN GET-SMART DAIRYMAID R & R VERRALL H/MENTION ASCOT PARK GANNONS BEAUTY 3 S & J McCARTHY 2 – 2.5 years in Milk 1. Farmlands Signature Dixie – C Parker 2. Ascot Park Blairs Beauty 2 S & J McCarthy 2.5 – 3 years in Milk 1. Kathleigh Biestar Twinkle – A & C Kath 2. MacLeigh Conns Canary – M McCarthy 3. NR Astound Future Nambour High School

3 - 4 years in Milk 1. Kathleigh Saber Monopolette – G Kelly 2. Bushlea Rasmus Fernleaf 3 S & J McCarthy 3. Glen Echo Jade Nicole – C Brooke 4 – 5 years in Milk 1. MacLeigh Rockets Diamond M McCarthy 2. Katheligh Sam B Waitasec – A & C Kath 5 – 7 years in Milk 1. Kathleigh Hallmark Dream - A & C Kath 2. Ascot Park Pitinos Forgetmenot S & J McCarthy 3. Ardylbar Sambo Mahlia – A & W Barron

RESERVE COW K HALLMARK DREAM – A & C KATH

SUPREME JUVENILE BRAEBURN MBF MELYS – R & R VERRALL RES PEN OF 3 COWS K Saber Monopolette/ K Hallmark Dream/ AP Pitino Forgetmenot HANDLERS UNDER 12 YEARS ZANTHIE VERRALL HANDLER 12 – 16 YEARS & CHAMPION LEANNE BROWN HANDLER 16 – 25 YEARS & JNR JUDGING – SIMON TOGNOLA

Pen of 3 Cows S & J McCarthy Sires Progeny Nambour High School Maternally Related S & J McCarthy Dairy Group (4hd) S & J McCarthy

Best Udder < 3 years 1. Farmlands Signature Dixie – C Parker 2. Ascot Park Blairs Beauty 2 S & J McCarthy 3. Kathleigh Biestar Twinkle – A & C Kath

Best Udder > 3 years 1. Kathleigh Saber Monopolette – G Kelly 2. Kathleigh Hallmark Dream - A & C Kath 3. Bushlea Rasmus Fernleaf 3 S & J McCarthy

3 Heifers under 3 years 1. S & J McCarthy 2. R & R Verrall 3. A & C Kath

CHAMPION COW KATHLEIGH SABERS MONOPOLETTE G KELLY

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Kathleigh Saber Monopolette owned by Gianna Kelly 1st 3-4 in milk & Senior Udder Champion Cow Member of the Reserve supreme pen of three cows.

The Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria is pleased to announce the opening of entries for the 2011 Royal Melbourne Dairy Show, to be held at the Melbourne Showgrounds.

Highlights include:

Entries close Friday 8 July 2011.

• International judge Kevin Lutz, USA, to judge the Jersey classes thanks to the generous sponsorship from Central Sires Jersey Co-Operative Limited

Schedules are available at www.royalshow.com.au or by phoning (03) 9281 7412 or via email Fiona.Looker@rasv.com.au

• Three day judging program includes expanded Youth Classic classes, breed judging, and the prestigious Interbreed • 2011 Victorian Holstein State Fair